Fear Passage

What is phobia?

• a fear that is outgrown over time

• an extreme fear that makes a person feel out of control

• a fear of the dark or of spiders

• a type of fear that involves dogs or airplanes

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One problem mentioned in the passage is that some people cannot get over their phobias on their own.

What is a solution to this problem?

• People can try to turn their phobia into a social anxiety or panic disorder.

• People can try new activities or situations that help them forget about their phobia.

• People can get help from a psychologist or psychiatrist to overcome a phobia.

• People can learn the names of their phobias.

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Fear is not always a bad thing.

What evidence from the text supports this conclusion?

• Different people are afraid of different things over time.

• Some people have a fear of dentists, so they avoid going to see dentists.

• Sometimes fear becomes extreme and unreasonable. This known as a phobia.

• Fear can be a normal reaction that helps us avoid harm and survive.

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How can the treatment options for people with phobias be described?

• Most treatment options get rid of pain and sickness but the phobia

• Most treatment options involve getting used to friendly dogs.

• There are many different treatment options for people with phobias, and treatments are often effective.

• Some treatment options are helpful, but others can actually make phobias worse.

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What is the main idea of this passage?

• Fears are most common during Halloween, but they can also occur at other times.

• Fears can sometimes be extreme, but they can also be treated and overcome

• Everyone gets scared, so it shouldn't be embarrassing

• Phobias can be about many things and have severe effects of people's health.

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Read these sentences from the text.

"Doctors believe that most of these phobias, like Greg's, are learned. But in some cases, a phobia follows an unrelated trauma, such as a death in the family."

As used in the passage, what does the word "trauma" mean?

• a meeting

• a failure

• a difficult event

• an accident

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Chose the answer that best completes the sentence.

Some phobias have weird names, ___ arachnophobia (fear of spiders) or brontophobia (fear of thunderstorms)

• however

• otherwise

• finally

• such as

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What is the difference between regular fears and phobias?

• fears are extreme and phobias are normal

• both are extreme

• fears are normal and phobias are extreme

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What is a possible effect of phobias?

• positivity

• physical reaction

• happiness

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Read these sentences from the text.

"Everyone gets scared sometimes. It's a normal reaction. You need that reaction to survive. When faced with a threat, it's useful to be afraid and get out of the way so you won't get hurt."

Is this statement also true for phobias? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

• True. Phobias are normal

• False. Phobias are irrational or extreme fear that are not normal

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